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Noun: aecium (aecia)  ee-shee-um
  1. Fruiting body of some rust fungi bearing chains of aeciospores
    "The aecium appears as a cup-like structure on the host plant"

Derived forms: aecia

Type of: fruiting body

Part of: rust, rust fungus

Encyclopedia: Aecium